H2U Hydrogen Valley - Zakarpattia

Country
Ukraine

Hydrogen Ukraine is developing the Zakarpattia Hydrogen Valley as part of the EASTGATEH2V project under Horizon Europe, bringing together 22 partners from 7 European countries. The project includes a 100 MW electrolysis plant with scaling potential to 1.5 GW, integrated with RES and cross-border hydrogen infrastructure. It supports pipeline connection to Slovakia and integration into the Central European Hydrogen Corridor.

Lead developer Hydrogen Ukraine, LLC
Project partner

Overarching / General

Ministry of Energy of Ukraine

H2 transportation, storage & distribution

Gas Transmission System Operator of Ukraine and eustream, a.s. (Slovakia)

H2 end use

U. S. Steel Košice, Slovakia

Locations
Ukraine | Velykodobronska local community

Project details

Production volume

H2 production from electrolysis

0 H2 tons/year

Final products

H2

H2 color

Green

Total electrolyser capacity

100.00 MW

Value chain coverage

Primary energy sourcing

Grid

H2 production

Polymer electrolyte membrane (PEM) electrolyser – 100.00 MW

H2 Storage

Artificial

H2 transport

Pipeline

End use

Industry

Steel industry

Project timeline

Planned timeline

Q1 2022 Project initiated
Q4 2023 Concept study completed
Q1 2027 Feasibility study completed